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Weekly Geekery
Video game anti-heros. Technology is making everything beautiful. One way technology is making everything awesome (as discussed above): A video of deans losing their cool. Another opinion: Get technology out of school. Forget your soul. What happens to your e-books…
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Social media, journalism, Ferguson, and challenging power. The Internet cannot have nice things. We’re all horses. So, where’s our Black Beauty? The nature of creativity. You guys, you guys, Buzzfeed isn’t the devil. Honestly. Is that robot a better writer than…
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As if you needed another reason to hate the Internet. Here you go, Luddite. Can a monkey own a picture? Wikipedia thinks so. Need to measure your soul? There is an app for that. Life at the edge of connectivity.…
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Examining the troubled origins of our search for technological utopia. Autocorrect is our favorite fall guy for texting errors, but it’s also the reason you can text. What is worth saving from your digital legacy? Don’t resist, just welcome our…
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A world of enchanted objects is both alluring and deeply terrifying. And now, a little about how Silicon Valley treats the LGBT community. It’s every bibliophile’s wet dream, but is Kindle Unlimited worth it? Oh, what a tangled web we…
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Will computers replace teachers? In Silicon Valley, ladies don’t get no respect. And that difficult intersection between women, Silicon Valley, and speaking up every time is embodied in one woman: Shanley Kane. Crowdsourced editing and fact-checking. It’s a thing now.…
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The future of the Internet should scare you. Death isn’t an end on Facebook. Really awesome revolution of information. Teeny tiny profit margin. Don’t click away! Don’t check Twitter. This is all very important.
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You may never need to text words again. Except the word taco. Still no taco emoji. Wikipedia tries to better itself. Still not allowed as a source in college papers. The theory of disruption has been hugely important to technology and…
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Keats said truth is beauty, but science disagrees. Changing technology means our writing is literally going to the crapper. Investigating the interaction between the mind and the outside world. Sussing out the Ur text of memes. What is the state…
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Whisper is an app that lets users make anonymous confessions. It’s brilliant and seems to be here to stay. Or stay as long as these things do. Pretty soon, writing on a laptop will be just another bit of nostalgia.…